Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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Multiple nations are targeting the Moon as an off-Earth, snug and cozy camper spot for ever-longer stays of human visitors.

For NASA, getting a literal “leg-up” on the lunar landscape once again via its Artemis program is highly touted as the way to tromp and train for marching on to Mars.

China’s newly installed fifth scientific research station in Antarctic.
(Image credit: China Central Television (CCTV)

Playing nice

Antarctica is governed by about 30 countries, all of which are parties of the 1959 Antarctic Treaty System.

Perhaps that bleak, standoffish polar scenery is a template for working on the Moon, some say, even instructional on how best to play nice with a diversity of countries?

For details, go to my new Space.com article – “Can Antarctica serve as a model for international cooperation on the Moon?” – at:

https://www.space.com/moon-base-antarctica-international-cooperation

(Image credit: RAND Australia/Composite design by Carol Ponce adapted from images by Harryarts/Freepik and grebeshkovmaxim/Getty Images)